This page details installation of kde4 requirements on any recent Kubuntu or Debian.

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'''If Kubuntu doesn't have QT4.6 yet, you can get it adding this repository ppa:mapopa/qt4.6 istead compile kde-qt'''

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= Introduction =

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For a basic functioning desktop, the recommended packages are installed with the command:

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This page details installation of KDE SC 4 build requirements on any recent Kubuntu or Debian system. That is, if you want to build KDE SC 4 Platform, the required (and some strongly recommended) packages are installed with the commands on this page.

****I moved libstreamanalyzer-dev libstrigiqtdbusclient-dev to the section below since that pulls in qt4.

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This installs build prerequisites such as build essential, almost all compilation requirements for kde4 (with the exception of qt4) and some recommended packages such as libssl-dev for https support. Further recommended and optional packages are listed below.

Also, to enable XMMS support for the 'Now Playing' plasma data engine in kdebase, you will need to either compile XMMS from source, or install the package from a [http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/ third-party XMMS package repository].

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=== 4.6 ===

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This (along with the command for 4.x above) installs all compilation requirements for kde4 (with the exception of qt4) and some strongly recommended packages such as libssl-dev for https support. Further recommended and optional packages are listed below.

{{Note|Note that libxine1-dev depends on gnome packages due to a kubuntu gutsy packaging bug (fixed in hardy). Also kubuntu packages xinelib version 1.1.8, which has trouble playing short sounds (fixed in xinelib 1.1.9).

To enable XMMS support for the 'Now Playing' plasma data engine in kdebase, you will need to either compile XMMS from source, or install the package from a [http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/ third-party XMMS package repository].

Introduction

This page details installation of KDE SC 4 build requirements on any recent Kubuntu or Debian system. That is, if you want to build KDE SC 4 Platform, the required (and some strongly recommended) packages are installed with the commands on this page.

4.6

This (along with the command for 4.x above) installs all compilation requirements for kde4 (with the exception of qt4) and some strongly recommended packages such as libssl-dev for https support. Further recommended and optional packages are listed below.